Proverbs 11:4
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
In context
1 The Lord detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him. 2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. 4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires. 7 Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of their power comes to nothing.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 11:4 in the KJV
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: But righteousness delivereth from death.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 11:4 in the ESV
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.